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Re: PVC fittings (was New ideas for plant supports

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>>  As long as I'm talking about PVC, I've been thinking of building a
>>  drip watering system from rigid PVC.  I had wanted to use the
>>  "creatively leaky" black rubber drip hose, but I haven't been able to
>>  find a consistent supplier for hose couplings that attach to the hose
>>  sizes available.  Did talk to a couple of the manufacturers, and they
>>  said that the connectors they use are intended for machine crimping
>>  only.  Small-diameter clear tubing is another possibility -- it's
>>  certainly used for aquariums, and, back in my days as a chemist,
>>  fittings were available through the laboratory supply catalogs. Not
>>  cheap, though.
>>
>>  What I think might be the best compromise is to cap rigid PVC,
>>  setting up a jig in a drill press to put holes through it at regular
>>  intervals. Getting efficient layout goes back to my original question
>>  of finding unusual couplers (i.e., beyond 3-way flat tees and 90
>>  degree elbows).
>>
>>  Has anyone done this?  If so, what size did you make the holes and
>>  how far apart did you space them?
>>
>>  Howard
>>
>Howard:
>
>Have you thought about the plastic pipes used for sprinkler systems
>though probably more expensive, they do have the fittings though.
>
>-Ron
>-Ron


If you're thinking of the clear flexible ones, I am trying them. 
They are low-capacity, though.

The black rubber drip hoses have fixed fittings, and the lengths are 
way too long for my beds...I waste a great deal of water between them 
in I try to snake 50 or 75 feet of hose among the beds.


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